The IPM CRSP Funded by USAID

Ninth Annual Report
of the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative
Research Support Program (IPM CRSP)

Contact Address for the Management Entity:
IPM CRSP
Office of International Research, Education, and Development
1060 Litton Reaves Hall
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA  24061-0334

Phone: (540) 231-3516
Fax: (540) 231-3519
E-mail: ipm-dir@vt.edu

Philippines

Overview of the Southeast Asian Site in the Philippines

Papers

• Integrated Weed Management Strategies in Rice-Onion Systems



• Seasonal Abundance and Economic Importance of Liriomyza trifolii Burgess in Rice-Onion Cropping Systems



• Influence of Host Resistance and Grafting on the Incidence of Bacterial Wilt of Eggplant



• Combined Resistance of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) to Leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula Ishida) and the Eggplant Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee)
  


• Screening Commercial Onion Cultivars for Resistance to Pink Root (Phoma terrestris)
  


• Insecticide Application Against Spodoptera litura (F.) and S. exigua (Hubner) Based on Trends in Sex Pheromone Trap Catches



• Effect of Level of Defoliation at Different Crop Ages on Yield of Onion



• Biological Control of Soil-Borne Pathogens in Rice-Vegetable Systems
  


• Efficacy of Spoladea recurvalis as Biological Control Agent Against Trianthema portulacastrum L
  


• Screening Commercial Onion (Allium Cepa L.) Cultivars for Resistance to Anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penzig) Penzig and Sacc.)
  


• Management of Anthracnose and Bacterial Spot Diseases of Pepper
  


• Retarding Bulb Rot Incidence in Onion with Selected Curing and Storage Methods
  


• Prioritizing IPM Research in Ilocos Norte, Pangasinan, and Nueve Vizcaya



• Economic Impacts of IPM Practices in Rice-Vegetable Systems
  


• IPM Technology Transfer and Feedback
  

Bangladesh

Overview of the South Asian Site in Bangladesh

Papers

• Monitoring of Vegetable Pests in Rice-Vegetable Cropping Systems
  


• Varietal Screening of Eggplant for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt, Fruit and Shoot Borer, Leafhopper (jassids) and Root-knot Nematode



• Demonstration and Pilot Production of Grafted Eggplant and Grafted Tomato and Training of Farmers



• Development of Eggplant Hybrids Resistant to Bacterial Wilt, Fruit & Shoot Borer and Root-knot Nematode



• Screening of Pumpkin Germplasm against Watermelon Mosaic 2 Poty Virus (WM2V)
  


• Management of Lepidopteran Pests in Cabbage Using an Integrated Approach
  


• Management of Cabbage Pests Using a Nylon Net Barrier
  


• Assessment of Virus Infestation at Different Stages of Okra Plants
  


• Off-season Vegetable Production under Integrated Pest Management
  


• Management of Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae, in Bitter Gourd by Using Pheromone and Indigenous Bait Traps and Its Effect on Year-round Incidence of Fruit Fly



• Efficacy of Different Weed Control Methods in Tomato
  


• Integrated Management of Soil-borne Diseases and Weeds in Okra
  


• Management of Soil-borne Pathogens in Tomato and Cucumber



• Characteristics of Parasitism and Greenhouse and Microplot Tests for Management of Eggplant Fruit and Shoot Borer by the Parasitoid Trathala flavoorbitalis
  


• Diffusion of IPM Technologies of Vegetables in Selected Areas of Bangladesh
  

Mali

Overview of the West African Site in Mali

Papers

• Development of an Integrated Package for Management of Disease and Insect Pests on Green Beans



• Development of an Integrated Package for Management of Insects and Weeds affecting Hibiscus
  
  
• Management of Disease Pests of Tomatoes by Foliar Spraying and Seed Dressing



• Management of Whiefly and Aphid-Transmitted Virus Disease of Tomato



• Integrated Weed Control Strategies for Green Bean, Tomato, and
  Hibiscus Production



• Dissemination of Green Bean IPM Packages Through Farmer Field Schools



• Gender Analysis of IPM Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Horticulture



• Promotion of Pest Management Practices by Female Farmers



• Strengthening Stakeholder Relations



• Technical Support for the Environmental Quality Laboratory and Pesticide Safety Education for Farmers



• Linkages with IPM Field Research and Development of a Quality Assurance System



• Innovative Technologies for Striga Management

Uganda

Overview of the East Africa Site in Uganda

Papers

• Integrated Field Management of Cowpea Field and Storage Pests Using Selected Synthetic and Botanical Pesticides



• Dissemination and adoption of IPM technologies
  
  
• Integrating Defoliation and Minimum Insecticide Application For Management of the Major Insect Pests and Diseases of Cowpea



• Evaluation of cowpea germplasn for agronomic traits, disease and pest resistance in Uganda
  
  
• Effectiveness of predators and parasitoids of insect pests on cowpea



• Field Management of post-podding pests and bruchids of cowpea using botanicals



• Dissemination and Adoption of an Integrated Pest Management Package for Groundnut Production in Eastern Uganda



• Field Survey For Groundnut Pests in Eastern Uganda



• Integrated Disease and Pest Management Strategies for Maize in Uganda
  
  
• Establishment of Cotesia flavipes, a parasitoid of the stalk borer Chilo partellus, in selected districts of Uganda



• Controlling Termite Damage on Maize by Attracting Predatory Ants Using Fish-Based Baits and Maize-Legume Intercrops



• Creation of Awareness and Education on Gray Leaf Spot Disease and Its Management in Selected Districts of Uganda



• Development of Novel Options for Striga Management in Sorghum in Uganda
  
  
• Development of IPM Technologies for Tomato In Central Uganda: Evaluation of Management Practices on Incidence of Late Blight on Tomatoes
  
  
• Damage-Yield Relationships of Major Pests of Tomatoes in Central Uganda



• Concentration and Frequency of Application of Dithane M-45 On Tomatoes by Farmers in Busukuma and Nangabo Subcounties, Wakiso District, Uganda



• An Alternative Approach to Increasing Tomato Production by Reducing Incidences of Bacterial Wilt Through Grafting



• Biological and Economic Benefits of Integrating Plant Resistance and Minimum Fungicide Use for Management of Potato Late Blight in South-Western Uganda
  
  
• Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora infestans in Uganda



• Effect of Solarization on Mould Incidence, Moisture content and Germination Percentage of Maize From Farmers and Traders in Mayuge District of Uganda
  
  
• An Economic Assessment of Strige Management Options on Sorghum in Uganda



• Economics of Fresh Market Tomato Production by Peri-Urban Farmers in Wakiso District



• Factors affecting Technology Adoption: The Case of IPM Uganda



• IPM Information Development and Technology Transfer



• Integrated Pest Management Conference for Sub-Saharan Africa
  
  
• Geographic Information Systems to Enhance IPM Collaborative Research in Uganda



• Etiology and Epidemiology of Coffee Wilt Disease in Uganda



• Diversity of the Coffee Wilt Pathogen, Fusarium xylarioides, in Uganda

Ecuador

Overview of South America Site in Ecuador

Papers

• Pest Monitoring and Diagnosis: Survey of the Incidence and Economic Inportance of Nematodes of Plantain in Ecuador



• Development of IPM practices for Potato. Development of Biocontrol methods for two major pests in Ecuador: The Andean Potato Weevil, Premnotrypes vorax, and the the Central American tuber moth, Tecia solanivora
  
  
• Effectiveness of Chitin Inhibitor Triflumuron to Control the Andean Weevil Premnotrypes vorax H. in Potato Crop Solanum tuberosum



• Development of Methods for Biological Control of Potato Insect Pests in Ecuador: Management of Tecia solanivora in Potato Seed Tubers Under Storage Conditions
  
  
• Rhizoctonia solani Khun and Strptomyces scabies in the Crop Yema de Huevo (Solanum phureja): Enhancing Quality and Yield for Export



• Developing IPM Programs for the Main Pests of Babaco (Carica heilbornii var. pentagona), Naranjilla (Solanum quitoence), Tree Tomato (Solanum betaceum) and Black Berry (Rubus glaucus) in Ecuador. Monitoring and Population of Fruit Borer Larva (Neoleucinodes elegantilis) in Naranjilla (Solanum quitoensis) at Farming Level in the Province of Morona Santiago



• Effects of Nutritional Unbalance of Babaco Over the Mite Eotetranchus nr. deflexus (McGregor) and Study of the Mite Fauna of the Babaco Growing Areas of the Highlands of Ecuador



• Control of the Larvae of the Beetle Phyllophaga sp. with Biological Products (Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria sp.) in the Blackberry Crop Rubus glaucus Benth



• Inoculation Methods, Disease Resistance and Chemical Control of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Tree Tomato in Ecuador
  
  
• Disease Suppression of Soils From the Valleys of Ecuador to Fusarium oxysporum, Causal Agent of Babaco Vascular Wilt



• Biological and Serological Characterization of Tree Tomato Virus Diseases in Ecuador



• Development of IPM Programs for Plantain System in Ecuador
  
  
• Introduction of Local Strains of Entomopathogenic Fungi to Control the Banana Root Borer in Plantain
  
  
• Effect of Trapping Systems & Certain IPM Practices on the Population Dynamics of Cosmopolites sordidus (the Banana Stem Borer) on Plantain in Ecuador
  
  
• IPM for Plantain/Coffee Agro forestry System in Northwestern Ecuador: A land use Alternative to Low-Quality Pasture Within a Fragile Agro-ecosystem



• Intrahousehold Resource Dynamics & Adoption of Pest Management Practices



• Validation and Diffusion of Models for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Potato in the Carchi and Bolívar, Ecuador
  
  

Guatemala and Honduras

Overview of Central American Site in Guatemala and Honduras

Papers

• An Assessment of the Impact of Import Detentions on the Competitiveness of Guatemalan Snow Peas in U.S. Markets



• Assessment of the Impact on Rural Health of IPM CRSP Technology Adoption in the Non-Traditional Agricultural Export (NTAE) Snow Pea Production System
  
• Economic and Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of IPM and of Non-traditional Crop Production Strategies on Small Farm Households in Guatemala



• Improved IPM Production Strategies for Integration into Prototype Pre-inspection Programs in NTAE Crops
  
  
• Determination of the Geographical Distribution of Plasmodiophora brassicae, Causal Agent of Clubroot in Crucifer Fields in Guatemala



• Genetic Transformation of "Solo" and Native Type Papaya for Resistance to Papaya Ringspot Potyvirus



• Production of Asian Guava (Psidium guajava) and Starfruit (Averrhoa carambola) Free of Mediterranean Fruit Fly in Guatemala, 2001



• Identification, Distribution and Epidemiology of Plant Virus Pathogens that Threaten Pepper/Tomato and Cucurbit Production in Honduras (Phase 1)



• Evaluation of Brassica Organic Residues as Soil Biofumigants and Solarization in Broccoli
  
  
• Establishment of the Pre-Inspection Process on the Production and Exportation of Snow Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in Guatemala



• Integration of Telemetric Measurement of the Climatic Factors Involved in the Population Dynamics of Leaf Miners (Liriomyza huidobrensis and Ascochyta pisi) in Snow Pea into IPM CRSP Developed Pest Management Programs



• Effect of Seven Low Toxicity Pesticides on the Reduction of Damage Caused by Thrips (Thrips sp.) in Snow Pea (Pisum sativum L.)
  
  
• Evaluation of Sexual Pheromone Traps in IPM Management Programs of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in Broccoli
  
  
• Integrated Pest Management in Broccoli
  
  

Overview of the Caribbean Site

Papers

• Threshold-based Management of Pests Affecting Leafy Vegetables with High Pesticide Input



• Integrated Management of Pests Affecting Cruciferous Vegetables
  
  
• Integrated Pest Management of Major Pests affecting Sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas, in the Caribbean



• Integrated Pest Management of Pests Affecting Hot Pepper, Capsicum chinense (Scotch Bonnet and West Indian Varieties)
  
  
• Factors Influencing Broad Mite and Predator Populations on Hot Peppers as Components of Broad Mite Integrated Pest Management. Persistence of Commonly-Used Pesticides on Hot Pepper Fruit and Foliage



• An IPM Strategy to Combat the Gall Midge Complex Affecting Hot Pepper



• Monitoring Pesticide Residue Levels on Callaloo and Hot Pepper



• Social Economic, Policy, and Production System Analyses



• Integration of World-wide Web and GIS- for Real-time Monitoring, Communication, and Dissemination of Pest Management Information
  
  

Overview of the Eastern Europe Site in Albania

Papers

• Monitoring of Crop Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Olive Production Systems



• Effect of Harvest Timing on Olive Fly Infestation and Olive Oil Yields and Quality


• Effect of Pruning on Olive Production, Infestation by Black Scale and the Incidence of Olive Knot and Timing of Copper Sprays to Control Leaf Spot and Olive Knot



• Organic Methods of Vegetation Management and Olive Insect Control



• Pheromone-Based IPM in Olive and Effects on Non-Target Species